Archive for March 27th, 2019

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Bond scam saga is not over. It is still going on and looks as though it will go on forever. Those responsible, such as former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and his son in law Arjun Aloysius have not been arrested and the matter is still pending. There is no sign of […]

UN News UN Photo/Violaine MartinMichelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing the Human Rights Council on the state of global human rights, 6 March, 2019. The UN’s top rights official on Wednesday rejected claims by Sri Lankan officials that she distanced herself from a report on the country and instructed her staff to […]

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Courtesy ABC News Sri Lanka’s president has distanced himself from the government’s co-sponsorship of a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council giving the island nation two more years to fulfil its commitment to investigate alleged abuses during its civil war Sri Lanka’s president distanced himself on Wednesday from the […]

By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri Courtesy The Island While appreciating Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya’s article on the present power crisis appearing in The Island of 25.03.2019, I would like to fill in some gaps in his article and also make some comments on the President’s statement about the power crisis as appearing in the media on the […]

By Dinasena Ratugamage Courtesy The Island Former Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa should stop dreaming of the executive presidency because the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) would ensure that he would never secure it, TNA Kilinochchi District MP, S. Shritharan told media yesterday. The TNA would also not allow Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to become the President, […]